Orlando, FL

Industrial and commercial noise sources in Orlando get the widest decibel allowance in the city's zoning-based chart, but they're still capped. § 42.03's Chart 1 lets Industrial…

Orlando exempts temporary construction and maintenance noise from its Chart 1 decibel limits only between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., and never on Sundays or federal holidays: outside that…

Orlando requires a City permit for any loudspeaker or sound-amplification device used outdoors, bars use between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. citywide, and bans use within 1,000 feet of a…

Aircraft noise from Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Orlando Executive (ORL) is preempted by federal FAA authority, leaving the city with no power to regulate flight operations…

Orlando outlaws unreasonably disturbing noise from car sound amplification systems and handheld electronic devices under City Code § 42.07(1). Loudspeakers used out of doors on trucks…

Orlando bars unreasonably disturbing noise on residential property at any hour, and sets a bright-line nighttime test: any radio, stereo, or amplified sound audible 15 feet past the…

In unincorporated Orange County, letting a dog or other domestic animal make habitual or repeated bothersome noises is a nuisance violation under the county's animal ordinance. Animal…

All tree pruning, trimming and removal work in Orlando must follow ANSI Z133.1 arborist safety standards and ANSI A300 tree-care standards. City-required compensatory pruning must be…

Orlando's landscape code does not set its own watering calendar: it directs that irrigation days, times, volumes and run times follow whatever the St. Johns River Water Management…

Orlando bans letting weeds, undergrowth, or plant life accumulate excessively or grow untended on a lot when it endangers public health or breeds pests, under Section 14.22. The City…

Orlando allows artificial turf with a Permitting Division permit, but bans it in rights-of-way, within 50 feet of water bodies, in drainage features, and under tree drip lines, and…

Florida actively protects homeowners right to install native and drought-tolerant landscaping. FS 720.3075 prohibits HOAs from banning Florida-friendly landscaping. Florida SB 544…

Orlando's residential landscaping code names composting bins outright: they're an accessory item that must stay out of front and street side yards, just like sheds, coops and storage…

Orlando requires a tree removal permit from the Parks Official before anyone destroys, injures, or removes a protected tree under City Code § 43.34. A protected tree is any woody plant…

Orlando treats a stand-alone veterinary clinic as a light service use permitted under the standard zoning tables, but a clinic offering overnight boarding is reclassified as a kennel…

Florida law strictly prohibits feeding alligators, crocodiles, bears, sandhill cranes, raccoons, and foxes. Under Florida Statute 379.412, intentionally feeding an alligator or…

Orlando follows Florida state law on beekeeping under Florida Statute 586.10, which preempts local restrictions on honeybee colonies. All beekeepers, including hobbyists, must register…

Orlando bans killing, injuring, capturing, chasing, or poisoning wildlife, animals, or birds, and disturbing bird eggs, on any property owned or controlled by the City of Orlando…

Orlando lets single-family homeowners keep up to four hens with a city-issued Backyard Chicken permit. Roosters, ducks, geese, turkeys, peafowl and pigeons are banned outright, and…

Orlando does not impose breed-specific bans on dogs. Florida Statute 767.14, as amended by SB 942 in 2023, prohibits local governments from enacting or enforcing breed-specific bans or…

Orange County Code § 5-55(a) directs the county animal services division to sterilize and return healthy community cats that enter the county shelter instead of holding or destroying…

Pet stores throughout Orange County, inside city limits and out, are barred from selling dogs, cats, or rabbits at retail. The only way a store may display those animals is for…

Orange County bans letting any dog or other domestic animal run loose off its owner's property, and separately prohibits tethering an animal where it can reach public property or a…

Orange County lets the public trap nuisance wildlife only if the trapper holds a current Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission permit and is separately registered with the…

Orange County will not release an impounded dog or cat back to its owner until animal services implants a microchip at the owner's expense, alongside rabies and sterilization…

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) regulates exotic and captive wildlife statewide. Possession of Class I, II, and III wildlife requires FWC permits, and state law…

Florida has no standalone hoarding statute; hoarders are prosecuted under Fla. Stat. 828.13 for confining animals without enough good, wholesome food and water, and under 828.12…

Orlando's home-sharing ordinance only allows 'hosted visits': stays where the property owner or tenant actually lives on-site and is present during the guest's visit. City Code §…

Orlando only allows short-term rentals as 'owner-occupied home sharing': an accessory use that has to sit on the same property as the host's actual residence. City Code § 58.989 makes…

Short-term rentals in Orlando must provide off-street parking for all guests under generally applicable zoning rules, with on-street and lawn parking prohibited in residential areas.

Orlando does not run a warnings-first or three-strikes system for home-sharing violations. City Code § 58.990(f) states that a violation of any registration standard, development…

Orlando requires owner-occupied home-sharing hosts to pay an annual registration fee set by City Council resolution and to remit all applicable sales and tourist development taxes on…

Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b) caps how aggressively cities can limit STR occupancy, but Orlando applies fire code and bedroom-based standards, generally allowing two persons per…

Short-term rentals in Orlando must comply with Chapter 43 noise standards just like any residence, and operators in tourist zones face additional good-neighbor conditions tied to their…

Orlando bans short-term rentals in most residential zones, with limited grandfathered areas, and requires state DBPR licensing plus city registration where allowed, all subject to…

Orlando doesn't charge a flat impact fee for adding an ADU -- Sec. 56.06(K) bases the Transportation Impact Fee only on the extra conditioned square footage the ADU adds to the…

Orlando permits accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in many residential zoning districts under Land Development Code provisions adopted to expand affordable housing options. ADUs may be…

Orlando scales a shed's rear-yard setback to its size and height under Section 58.901, from zero feet for a small, low shed up to 15 feet for a taller one, and caps every accessory…

Orange County bans renting or leasing an accessory dwelling unit for 30 days or less, except in the R-3 zoning district, under the county's ADU standards.

Orange County Code Sec. 38-1426(2)c.2 requires an accessory dwelling unit and its primary home to stay under single ownership at all times. The lot must qualify as homestead property…

Florida Statute 553.73 makes the Florida Building Code the single, uniform construction standard for all permanent dwellings statewide, including tiny homes, preempting cities from…

Orlando caps residential fence and wall height by yard: 4 feet in a reverse-corner front/street-side yard, 6 feet along other street side, side and rear yards, and up to 8 feet in…

Orlando has no general citywide retaining-wall height or permit ordinance, but City Code § 63.231.1(c) specifically regulates retaining walls that involve placing fill inside a…

Orlando treats barbed wire, razor wire and electrified fencing as "security fences," which are banned citywide except in industrial zones, jails, prisons and airport operations areas…

One- and two-family fences six feet or less don't need a Building Safety permit in unincorporated Orange County, but must still meet zoning and flood requirements; taller fences need…

Florida's one statewide fence statute, §588.011, defines a legal fence as at least 3 feet high with three strands of wire on posts no more than 20 feet apart. Residential height…

Orlando bans commercial vehicles from parking on residential and office district streets, driveways and yards under Section 58.926, except for active loading/unloading or storage in a…

The Transportation Engineering Division Manager controls how Orlando's curb space is used outside downtown, deciding where passenger loading zones, freight loading zones, and on-street…

Leave a vehicle parked on the same Orlando street for more than 72 consecutive hours and it becomes subject to removal. § 39.29(1)(k) caps on-street parking at 72 straight hours, and…

Orlando allows on-street parking on most residential streets unless posted otherwise, but vehicles cannot block driveways, fire hydrants (15 feet), intersections (30 feet from stop…

Orlando writes its own towing price list instead of leaving the question to Orange County. Section 39.89 caps a Class A tow, meaning a vehicle up to 10,000 pounds gross weight, at…

Orlando bans leaving a derelict, disabled, or abandoned vehicle on any property unless it's fully enclosed or at a licensed repair/storage business, where it can't sit more than 180…

New development and substantial building enlargements in Orlando must provide a share of parking as either EV Capable, wired conduit and panel capacity for future chargers, or EVSE…

A curb painted red or yellow in Orlando is off-limits to parking unless a sign specifically allows it. § 39.16(1)(p) bans stopping, standing, or parking 'alongside any curb which has…

Orlando requires every driveway and parking space on a single-family, duplex, or townhome lot to sit on an impervious surface, asphalt, concrete, brick, or engineered turf pavers, and…

Orlando lets homeowners keep a recreational vehicle or boat in a side or rear yard, but only if it clears strict size and screening rules. City Code Sec. 58.926 caps the vehicle at…

Every dwelling unit in Orlando must have an approved, listed smoke detector meeting UL 268, installed per the manufacturer's instructions and giving an audible alarm when triggered…

Open burning of yard waste and land-clearing debris is generally prohibited within Orlando city limits; small recreational fires in approved fire pits and cooking fires in grills are…

Orlando permits residential recreational fire pits provided they comply with Florida Fire Prevention Code and city nuisance ordinances. Fires must be small (generally under 3 feet in…

Orlando sets propane tank placement distances by tank size under City Code § 58.985. A small above-ground tank up to 124 gallons serving a single-family, duplex, or townhome AC unit or…

Orlando bans possessing, selling, or exploding fireworks anywhere in the city except under Florida's Chapter 791 exemptions, and public displays require a Fire Department permit filed…

The Florida Forest Service has statewide jurisdiction over wildfire prevention and suppression on non-municipal land under Chapter 590, Florida Statutes.

Home occupations are an allowable accessory use in Orlando residential dwellings under City Code § 58.937, but § 58.938 caps the space used at 25% of one floor's gross habitable area…

Family day care homes in Orlando are regulated by Florida Statute 402.313 and licensed by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). A family day care home may serve up to…

Orlando's home-occupation code says signage for a home-based business must follow the regular residential-district sign rules, and Chapter 64 then closes off the main option…

Orlando restricts vehicle traffic generated by a home occupation to 2 vehicles present at once and no more than 10 per day under City Code § 58.938, with added limits on parking…

Florida's Cottage Food Operations Act preempts local regulation, allowing home production of non-potentially hazardous foods up to a statewide gross sales limit.

Orlando enforces the Florida Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (FL Stat 515.27), which requires every new residential pool, spa, or hot tub built since October 1, 2000 to have at…

Building an in-ground swimming pool in Orlando requires an Engineering Permit from the City Engineer before construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration or grading begins. The City…

Orlando makes it a criminal offense to urinate or defecate anywhere in public other than a place specifically set aside and designated for that purpose, under City Code § 43.60. The…

Orlando prohibits loitering or prowling 'in a place, at a time, or in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals' when the circumstances create reasonable alarm for the safety of…

Orlando bans skateboarding on public property citywide except for point-to-point transportation on streets posted 25 mph or under, and on private property without the owner's consent…

Orlando bans selling, consuming, or possessing alcohol in an open or unsealed container on any public property citywide, including parks, sidewalks, streets, and parking lots, unless a…

Florida has not legalized recreational marijuana. Public consumption remains a state criminal offense even for medical-cannabis cardholders, who must use only in private. Orlando OPD…

Orlando's City Code makes it unlawful to camp anywhere on public property, and on private residential property without the owner's consent, under § 43.52. 'Camping' covers sleeping…

Orlando bars sitting or lying on public sidewalks in the Downtown Core District once a law enforcement officer has warned a person to stop, under City Code § 43.88. The zone runs…

Restaurants, bars, and nightclubs in Orlando's mixed-use and activity-center zoning districts can serve food, drink, or host queuing on the adjoining sidewalk only under an annually…

A valid Orlando motion photography production permit lets certain acts required or prohibited under the City's special events chapter be suspended for that shoot. Section 3.07(2)…

Any parade or outdoor gathering expected to draw 100 or more people on Orlando streets, sidewalks or parks needs an Outdoor Public Assembly Permit from the Special Events Office under…

Neighbors who want to close a residential street for a block party need a Block Party Permit from Orlando's Special Events Office under Section 18B.16, filed 14 to 365 days ahead…

A street fair or festival with multiple food/merchandise vendors is a Mobile Vending Event under Orlando's code. One-time events need a Chapter 18B permit; events that recur weekly or…

Groups planning to serve food to 25 or more people in an Orlando park within two miles of City Hall need a Large Group Feeding Permit from the Families, Parks and Recreation Department…

A production that needs to close a public street or sidewalk in Orlando must disclose that in its Chapter 3 permit application. Section 3.06(2)(f) requires applicants to state the…

Anyone shooting a commercial motion picture, TV, video or film production in Orlando must get a production permit from the City's Film Commissioner before starting. The application…

Before issuing an Orange County motion photography production permit, the county administrator must find the shoot "will not result in noise of a level inappropriate for the areas…

Orlando doesn't require LEED or solar construction, but Chapter 15 of the City Code makes large buildings report their energy use every year. Non-city buildings over 50,000 square feet…

Orlando's Building Security Code requires every exterior door on a one- or two-family dwelling to carry a single-cylinder deadbolt lock with a hardened-steel bolt and a minimum 1-inch…

Orlando's local amendments to the Florida Building Code require FEMA elevation certification at the foundation stage and again at final inspection for flood-hazard-area construction…

All electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment installed in Orlando must meet the National Electrical Code under Section 22.20 of the City Code, and no one may do electrical contracting…

Orlando's Fire Code requires an approved, electrically supervised automatic sprinkler system throughout every new residential building except detached one- and two-family homes…

Orlando's Airport Noise Overlay bars new childcare centers outright in Noise Zones A and B and restricts them to accessory-only status in Zone C -- stand-alone childcare is prohibited…

Orlando enforces the Florida Building Code, Eighth Edition (2023), for renovation and construction permits, with local amendments capping permit extensions at eight renewals of 90 days…

Orlando's Property Maintenance Code requires carbon monoxide detection in any dwelling unit with a fuel-burning appliance, fireplace, or forced-air furnace, installed to NFPA 720…

Orange County enforces plumbing work in the unincorporated area under the Florida Building Code, Plumbing, adopted wholesale by Code § 9-203(a). The county's one local tweak routes…

Pre-1978 housing in Orange County subject to federal EPA Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule and HUD Lead Safe Housing Rule. FL DOH oversees lead poisoning prevention. No…

Orlando puts the duty to build or repair a sidewalk or parkway on the owner of the abutting property under City Code § 54.41, giving the owner 45 days after written notice to fix…

Anyone using Orlando's public right-of-way for construction staging, utility line work, or similar encroachments needs a right-of-way permit from the Office of Permitting Services…

Orlando prohibits placing any encroachment, an object in the public right-of-way not meant for public use, including obstructions on a sidewalk, without City Council authorization or a…

Orlando requires roll-off compactor containers to sit outside front/street-side setbacks and parking areas under City Code § 58.954, with a 45-foot paved service apron rated for 60,000…

Orlando makes it unlawful to throw, discard, or deposit litter on public roads, in lakes, or on private property without the owner's consent under City Code § 43.75, once a person…

Orlando's Solid Waste Division collects residential trash exactly once a week under Sec. 28.07(2), and the City is the exclusive hauler: residents may not arrange private collection…

Orlando collects yard trash separately from household garbage on a Solid Waste Division schedule, capped at 40 pounds per bag or bundle and 4 cubic yards total per collection day, with…

Orlando bars refuse and recycling containers from front or street-side yard setbacks, required parking areas, and bufferyards under City Code § 58.953, and requires opaque screening to…

The City collects garbage, recycling, yard waste, and large items once a week on your assigned day; look it up with the City's online schedule tool. Only Thanksgiving and Christmas…

Orlando runs a curbside recycling program for single-family, duplex, and triplex homes under Sec. 28.15(1), and requires multi-family buildings with 4+ units and all commercial…

Homes in unincorporated Orange County that are entitled to full solid waste and recycling service get curbside bulk trash collection from their residential franchise hauler under §…

Orlando's digital billboard rule bans flashing, rotating or intensity-varying illumination and caps brightness at 0.3 footcandles above ambient light, measured 150 to 250 feet from the…

Orlando requires every outdoor light fixture, including security lighting, to be a cutoff fixture under City Code § 63.405(b)(1), and caps illumination at 0.5 footcandles at a property…

Orlando requires every outdoor fixture covered by its lighting code, including security lights, to be a "cutoff fixture" that keeps almost all light below the horizontal. Sag lenses…

Inside Orlando's North International Drive Special Plan, a building site next to Interstate 4 or the Florida Turnpike may put up one pole sign by right facing the expressway under City…

New billboards are otherwise banned citywide, but Orlando lets an owner trade in old traditional billboard faces for a digital one at a 4:1 area ratio through the Digital Billboard…

Orlando treats window signs as a no-permit Minor Sign category, but only on the ground floor and only up to 25% of each window's area. A continuous glass wall counts as one window…

Orlando does not run a separate political-sign category: instead any sign permitted by right or by permit may carry noncommercial speech, including campaign messages, in place of any…

Orange County limits every garage sale in the unincorporated area to one advertising sign or poster of no more than four square feet. The sign cannot go on any public right-of-way, and…

Orlando requires the lowest floor of every new building, citywide, to sit at least 18 inches above the crown of the nearest street, or higher if the Florida Building Code demands more…

Orlando requires a City permit before any dock is built or repaired on a waterfront lot, and City Code § 58.977 caps what that dock can be: one dock per upland parcel, a terminal…

Every development in Orlando must control the extra stormwater runoff it generates from a 25-year, 24-hour storm with a detention facility under City Code § 63.270, releasing water at…

Before Orlando approves a Final Site Plan or issues a building permit, the plan must include a drainage and erosion control plan that conforms to the Orlando Urban Storm Water…

Orlando's Floodplain Regulations, City Code § 63.220, govern nearly every kind of development touching a flood hazard area: subdividing land, grading, building or altering structures…

Florida regulates construction seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line through state permits, with uniform standards administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Orlando limits shared motorized scooters to a permitted program capped at 1,800 scooters citywide, issued through a Request for Proposal process. City Code § 10.05 requires a $5,000…

It is unlawful in Orlando to ride a bicycle, scooter, or other micromobility device on a sidewalk or bicycle path where clearly visible signs or markings prohibit it. City Code § 10.02…

Orlando runs a red-light traffic infraction detector program at roughly 80 named intersections under City Code Section 5.21, and a separate school-zone speed camera program at 21…

Orange County splits electric bicycles into three classes with different riding rights on county streets, bike lanes, trails and sidewalks in the unincorporated area.

Florida flips the usual assumption: a golf cart is barred from public roads unless a county, a municipality, or a water control district has affirmatively designated that road for cart…

Orlando's Property Maintenance Code bars renting out any dwelling unit that lacks a working kitchen sink, lavatory, tub or shower, and water closet connected to hot and cold water…

Orlando has no rent control ordinance. Florida preempts all local rent control under Fla. Stat. Sec. 125.0103, and the 2023 Live Local Act (SB 102) eliminated the housing-emergency…

Fla. Stat. § 83.56 requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or vacate for nonpayment, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the count. For lease violations, the landlord…

Florida's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Chapter 83 Part II, exclusively defines lawful eviction grounds and procedures statewide, preempting cities from adding just-cause…

Under Fla. Stat. § 83.53, a Florida landlord must give at least 24 hours' notice to enter for repairs and may enter only at reasonable times, defined as between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m…

For a month-to-month tenancy, Fla. Stat. § 83.57 now requires 30 days' written notice (raised from 15 days by 2023's HB 1417). Breaking a fixed-term lease triggers landlord remedies…

Florida has no rent control and no statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period. On a month-to-month tenancy, a new rent takes effect only through the…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) preempts local regulation of vacation rental bans, duration, and frequency, while FS 83.425 (2023) preempts local regulation of residential tenancies…

Florida places no dollar limit on residential security deposits, but it enforces tight deadlines. If the landlord makes no claim, the deposit must be returned within 15 days of…

Adverse possession in Florida requires 7 years of actual, continued, exclusive possession plus paying all taxes within a year and filing a return with the property appraiser (Fla…

Every business, profession, or occupation operating in Orlando must hold a Business Tax Receipt matched to its specific classification under City Code § 36.35, which lists the tax owed…

Orlando's Property Maintenance Code requires windows, exterior doors, and door frames to be kept rodent-proof and weathertight, and interior surfaces rodent-proof as well, under…

Florida Statute Section 381.0038 (the Infectious Disease Elimination Act, IDEA) authorizes county-approved syringe services programs statewide since 2019. Orange County has not adopted…

Florida Statute Section 500.90 prohibits Orlando and every Florida municipality from regulating expanded polystyrene food containers, foam coolers, or coffee cups, with limited…

Florida House Bill 771 (2019) suspended local plastic straw bans through July 1, 2024 pending DEP study. Although the moratorium has technically expired, FL §403.7033 still preempts…

Orlando cannot enforce a plastic bag ban or fee. Fla. Stat. § 403.7033 preempts all Florida local governments from regulating disposable plastic bags. Orlando's Green Works strategy…

A cart or vendor that stays parked for three or more days a week, or two-plus vendors on one lot at once, counts as Stationary Mobile Vending in Orlando and needs a Planning Official…

Orlando food trucks must be state-licensed as a Mobile Food Dispensing Vehicle and hold a city Business Tax Receipt under Chapter 36. Trucks may not park in the right-of-way, must sit…

Orlando treats mobile food vendors as accessory to a principal use, not a standalone use: a truck must sit on a site with an approved primary business, conform to the zoning district's…

Orlando supports Florida-Friendly Landscaping principles, allowing residents to replace thirsty turf with drought-tolerant native plants; Florida Statute 373.185 protects this right…

Orlando requires property owners to connect to the city's reclaimed water system once the Director of Public Works deems it available, and it bars using well water, lake water, or…

Orlando allows density and intensity bonuses above the base zoning maximum in Office, Mixed Residential-Office, Mixed Use, and Activity Center districts, but City Code § 58.1101 caps…

Development in Orlando's AC-3A downtown district must clear Appearance Review Board (ARB) review under City Code § 62.500, and any building inside the mapped Downtown Facade Guidelines…

Orlando requires every adult bookstore, dancing establishment, motion picture theater, commercial physical contact establishment, or qualifying body art shop to hold a City-issued…

Orlando's business tax code makes it unlawful for anyone but a person licensed to practice medicine or dentistry, or someone under that person's direct supervision, to tattoo another…

Every company that trespass-tows or immobilizes vehicles for profit in Orlando needs a City business tax receipt plus an approved written contract for each property it tows from. §…

Orlando requires a massage therapist to hold a City Business Tax Receipt, and Section 36.35(163) won't let the City issue that receipt without proof of state licensure first…

Orange County requires anyone operating a junkyard or buying and selling scrap metal, wrecked cars or other used and discarded material in the unincorporated county to hold a local…

Every pawnbroker operating in unincorporated Orange County must hold a local business tax receipt under Section 25-101, paying a base $75 per location plus an added tax scaled to the…

Florida Statute 569.315 expressly preempts the regulation of the marketing, sale, and delivery of nicotine products and dispensing devices to the state, voiding most municipal…

Orlando cannot enact local firearm ordinances. Florida Statutes Section 790.33 reserves the whole field of firearm and ammunition regulation to the state Legislature. Local officials…

Florida allows permitless concealed carry of firearms by law-abiding adults under FS 790.01 and continues to issue concealed weapon licenses through FS 790.06, with both regimes…

Florida's open carry ban (FS 790.053) was struck down by the First District Court of Appeal in McDaniels v. State on September 10, 2025. The Florida Attorney General issued guidance on…

Florida Statute 790.25(5) allows any law-abiding person 18 or older to possess a concealed firearm in a private vehicle for self-defense, provided the firearm is securely encased or…

Orlando lets bars and restaurants with a permitted patio or rooftop run outdoor speakers, but the devices must point down and inward toward patrons, can't be elevated more than 5 feet…

Orlando's noise chapter names pick-up and delivery trucks specifically as a regulated commercial noise source. Their sound must stay within Chart 1's decibel table for the zoning…

Orlando's noise code defines 'plainly audible' to specifically include a rhythmic bass sound alone, so a booming stereo or subwoofer can be cited even without recognizable lyrics or…

In unincorporated Orange County, § 15-185(i) exempts generators used during or as a result of an emergency from the noise ordinance entirely, while § 15-185(j) confines routine…

Orange County's noise ordinance treats a running heat pump or air conditioning condenser as "intermittent sound," the code's term for noise lasting longer than one second but under…

Once Orlando's code officer cites a property for a violation, the owner gets a fixed window to fix it before the case goes to a hearing: no more than 120 days for a minor violation and…

Orange County's Schedule A lists the most-cited code violations enforceable by citation, from property maintenance and lot cleaning to zoning and solid waste, each ranked into a I-III…

Orlando code enforcement officers may enter any dwelling, apartment or other regulated property, after showing ID to the owner, agent or tenant in charge, during reasonable hours to…

Florida Statute Section 381.986(8) requires Medical Marijuana Treatment Center dispensaries to sit at least 500 feet from public or private elementary, middle, or secondary schools…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Florida. State law (FL Statutes Ch. 381 and Ch. 893) restricts cannabis to the medical marijuana program administered by the Florida…

Orlando regulates medical marijuana dispensary locations through zoning restrictions in the Land Development Code. Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers (MMTCs) must be at least 500 feet…

Orlando's Code does not override a subdivision's private deed restrictions, but it also draws a hard enforcement line: City Code § 58.1200 makes the City's own rule control whenever it…

Orange County HOA disputes must first go through FL DBPR pre-suit mediation under FL §720.311 for covenant/election disputes. Arbitration available through DBPR Division of…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.3085, unpaid assessments become a lien on a parcel, and the homeowners' association may foreclose like a mortgage. Before recording the lien the association must…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.303(2), Florida HOA board meetings must be open to members with notice posted at least 48 hours ahead. Section 720.306 governs member meetings and elections, §…

Florida Statute 163.04 bars homeowner association deed restrictions and local ordinances from prohibiting clotheslines, solar collectors, or other renewable-resource energy devices in…

Florida law bars HOA declarations, articles, and bylaws from prohibiting Florida-friendly landscaping, defined by statute as drought-tolerant, water-conserving design. Section…

Florida law bars homeowners associations from stopping owners from flying up to two flags, each no larger than 4 1/2 by 6 feet, including the U.S. flag, Florida's state flag, military…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Florida association can foreclose an assessment lien in the same manner a mortgage is foreclosed, but only after two separate 45-day notices, and fines are largely off limits: a…

Florida limits how homeowners' associations can restrict renting out a home, but only in communities governed by Chapter 720, not condos or co-ops. Under Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h), a…

Orlando is in a wind-borne debris region under the Florida Building Code, requiring impact protection on all glazed openings of new construction and substantial renovations. Owners can…

After a hurricane, Orange County residents can't legally burn their own storm debris in the yard: chapter 15's open-burning rules reserve that option for the municipal or county…

Orlando's residential landscaping code expressly permits front-yard vegetable gardens, allowing turfgrass, annuals and vegetable gardens on up to 60% of the pervious front and…

Orlando's landscape code bars installing any plant listed as a Category I invasive exotic species by the Florida Invasive Species Council or under Fla. Stat. § 581.091, and requires…

Orlando lets the owner of property abutting a parkway plant and maintain trees, shrubs, plants, or flowers there under City Code § 54.26-1, but the City can order removal within 10…

Orlando's Parks Official can officially designate outstanding or aged trees as Specimen or Historic Trees, protecting them wherever they sit in the city. Removing or encroaching on a…

Orange County gives seven native tree species, including live oak, southern magnolia, and bald cypress, extra protection once they reach a listed trunk diameter, under Section 15-283.

Orlando City Council can designate any site, building, structure, or object an Orlando Historic Landmark when it documents significance in history, architecture, archaeology…

Orlando requires building permits for solar panel installations under the Florida Building Code and local building permitting requirements. Florida Statute §163.04 prohibits local…

Florida law strongly protects homeowners' rights to install solar energy systems. FL Statute §163.04 voids any covenant, deed restriction, or HOA rule that prohibits solar collectors…

Orlando's Code Enforcement Board and code official can order repair, securing, vacating, or demolition of a structure once nuisance conditions cumulatively threaten public health…

Owners of improved or unimproved residential, office, commercial, or industrial lots in Orange County must keep the property free of accumulated trash, junk, debris, and yard waste.

Orlando caps buildings in its one-family and duplex zoning districts (R-1AA, R-1A, R-1, R-1N, R-2A, R-2B) at 30 feet inside the Traditional City and 35 feet outside it. Multi-family…

Orlando's Figure 1A.LDC zoning table sets minimum yard setbacks by residential district: front yards run from 30 feet in R-1AA down to 10 feet in R-3D, side yards from 7.5 feet down to…

In Orange County's Planned Development district, general commercial construction can't cover more than 70 percent of a parcel with impervious surface. Chapter 38's site standards pair…

Most Orlando city parks close at 11 p.m. and reopen at 6 a.m. under Section 18A.02 of the City Code, with signature parks like Park of the Americas and Harry P. Leu Botanical Gardens…

Orlando enforces a juvenile curfew ordinance under City Code. Minors under 18 are prohibited from being in public places during curfew hours: 12 midnight to 5 AM Sunday through…

Orlando caps garage and yard sales at two per calendar year per property, with each individual sale running no more than 4 days in a one-week period and a hard ceiling of 8 sale days…

Orlando requires door-to-door solicitors and peddlers to obtain a solicitor's permit from the city. Commercial solicitors must register, provide identification, and carry their permit…

Orlando residents can post No Soliciting or No Trespassing signs to deter unwanted solicitors. Solicitors who ignore posted signs and continue to knock or ring the doorbell are in…

Orange County charges a 6% tourist development tax on hotel, motel, and short-term stays of six months or less, collected by the operator and remitted monthly to the county comptroller.

Orange County exempts bona fide farm operations covered by Florida's Right to Farm Act from its local fertilizer-use restrictions, under the county's Fertilizer Management Ordinance.

Florida Statutes 823.14 and 163.3162 restrict local governments from adopting zoning rules that inhibit established farms on agriculturally classified land, preserving agricultural…

Commercial drone operations in Florida are regulated by federal FAA Part 107 and state law; local governments cannot impose additional commercial operation restrictions.

Florida expressly preempts local regulation of drones, reserving authority to the state and federal government, with limited surveillance and trespass exceptions.

Florida Statute 218.077 prohibits local governments from establishing a minimum wage other than the state or federal rate, preempting city and county living-wage ordinances except for…

Florida Statute 509.032(7) and broader employment preemption framework prevent local governments from requiring private employers to follow predictive or fair-scheduling rules beyond…

Florida cardrooms operate only inside licensed pari-mutuel facilities, dog tracks, horse tracks, and jai alai frontons, under a license from the Florida Gaming Control Commission. Fla…

Florida lets charitable, nonprofit, and veterans' organizations run bingo without applying for any state gaming license: the statute itself sets the eligibility bar and the limits. A…

Florida law exempts small-stakes card and tile games from gambling crimes under Fla. Stat. § 849.085, but only under strict conditions: winnings per hand can't exceed $10, the game…

Sports wagering is legal in Florida only through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet platform, authorized under the state's gaming compact codified at Fla. Stat. § 285.710(13)(b)7…

Florida allows sobriety checkpoints, and the discretion of the individual trooper is what gets constrained. Fla. Stat. § 321.05(1) gives Florida Highway Patrol officers the power to…

Florida is an all-party consent state, but that rule reaches less far than it sounds. Fla. Stat. § 934.03(2)(d) makes interception lawful only when every party consents, while §…

Florida has no general stop-and-identify statute. The Florida Stop and Frisk Law, Fla. Stat. § 901.151(2), lets an officer temporarily detain you to ascertain your identity when…

Florida wrote the automobile exception into its statutes in 1927. Fla. Stat. § 933.19 adopts the United States Supreme Court's decision of March 2, 1925 in the Carroll case, reported…

Florida Statute 569.101 prohibits the sale or delivery of tobacco and nicotine products to persons under 21, aligning with federal law and applying uniformly statewide under the…

Florida is one of the states that says yes to underbody lighting in so many words. Fla. Stat. § 316.235(3) provides that any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more lamps or…

Florida does not give dash cameras a windshield carve-out. Fla. Stat. § 316.2952(2) is written as a closed list of exactly four things that may be attached to, or located in or upon, a…

Florida bans lane splitting in so many words. Fla. Stat. section 316.209(3) states that no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows…

Florida treats an obscured plate as a crime, not a ticket. Fla. Stat. section 320.061(1) makes it unlawful to apply or attach any substance, reflective matter, illuminated device…

A driver of a private passenger vehicle may use a radar detector in Florida. No section of the Florida Statutes prohibits owning, carrying or operating one, and chapter 316, which…

Florida does not ban studded tires and does not restrict them to a winter season. The one wheel-surface provision in the traffic code, Fla. Stat. section 316.299, prohibits driving on…

Florida sets a separate light transmittance floor for each piece of glass rather than one statewide number. Side wings and side windows forward of or next to the driver must pass at…